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Workshop Summary:
This Food Technology Professional Development Course will provide you with the pedagogical content knowledge and skills required to teach Years 7-10 Food Technology and Hospitality classes. This 4-day intensive workshop provides a practical hands-on experience where you will learn a range of techniques essential for teaching food skills and the design process. You will develop and create designed food solutions using the design process and explore complex factors that impact food production and consumption. You will be required to adhere to food safety practices, risk assessment procedures, and comply with relevant hospitality industry regulations and requirements when engaging in kitchen operations, food production and food service.
Learning Outcomes:
- Discern and apply a range of practical and theoretical cookery skills and techniques appropriate to food specialisation contexts in secondary schools
- Adhere to food safety practices, risk assessment procedures, and comply with relevant hospitality industry regulations and requirements when engaging in kitchen operations, food production and food service
- Investigate complex factors that impact food production and consumption
- Develop and create designed food solutions using design processes and production skills in a food specialisation context
Resources provided for participants:
All consumables (i.e. ingredients, and other materials necessary to undertake the workshop activities).
On registration and payment, you will receive a booklet that includes information relating to Food Technology with examples of recipes used at various school levels, assessment items, criteria sheets and relevant teaching materials.
Assessment
- 3-days participation in practice skills activities
This 3-day workshop includes:
- a series of practical cooking tasks
- adaptation of an existing food product using the design process
- practical classroom advice such as how to overcome potential student challenges and setting up a Home Economics/Hospitality kitchen
- assistance with planning and development of courses from Junior to Senior schooling encompassing VET
- facility management and maintenance
- workplace health and safety including risk management strategies, personal and food hygiene.
All consumables (i.e. ingredients, and other materials necessary to undertake the workshop activities).
Dates, times and venue information:
For dates, times and venue information, please access the Professional Development Workshop by visiting our Learning Management Site: Be Different
This Professional Development Workshop is held every year during the April Department of Education (Queensland) school holidays.
Venue option is Rockhampton City only.
Fee: $750
Duration: 24 hours
CPD Hours: 24 hours
Days: 4-day intensive Residential Schools are always held during Education Queensland School Holidays at the same times each year.
Starting & Finishing Times: All workshop sessions are conducted from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm, unless otherwise stated.
Dates & Venues:
April 2025
Wilby’s Trade Training Centre, B Block, Canning Street, CQUniversity Rockhampton City Campus.
Dress: Please wear covered non-slip footwear and suitable protective clothing.
Delivery Method: Face-to-Face Residential School
Relevant For: All teachers interested in Food Technology. The workshops are excellent for in-field upskilling and out-of-field teachers to gain insight into the specialised knowledge and safety requirements for teaching Home Economics and related subjects in the Middle and Senior Years of schooling.
Undertaking this Professional Development Short Course enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the Professional Development Short Course, students will be awarded a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours Certificate of Completion.
Course Enquiries: educationadmin@cqu.edu.au
- Teacher: Jay Deagon